I'm just wondering...
A common thing that I hear among parents is them joking or griping about how awful their teenager is or how they dread their cute little babies becoming teens. I just don't understand how you can have a baby, love it and be all gaga about it then suddenly groan and openly mock your child about a certain stage of it's life. I'm not trying to accuse parents, but isn't that being some what of a hypocrite? You love your children unconditionally and wouldn't dare let anyone (let alone yourself) say anything bad about them when they are babies/toddlers/small children but that rule doesn't seem to hold as solid when they become teens. This seems so flip-floppy. Sorry, I just feel that if you're a parent that it's inappropriate to make jokes/gripe or whine about your child as a teenager, even if they are a little hard to handle. After all that's what babies become and that's what you were getting when you decided to have a baby in the first place.
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